Cairns Weather in December
Average highs run from 28°C on December 1 to 28°C on December 31, and lows from 26°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 192 mm over about 19 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 27°C
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CDec 20, 1995
- Reanalysis low
- 24°CDec 8, 2000
- Daylight
- 13 h 04 min to 13 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 54%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 23°C
- Wind
- 16.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 28°C | 26°C | 31°C 2007 | 25°C 1999 | 47% |
| Dec 2 | 28°C | 26°C | 31°C 2007 | 24°C 1994 | 46% |
| Dec 3 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2005 | 24°C 2012 | 47% |
| Dec 4 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2005 | 25°C 2012 | 47% |
| Dec 5 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 1991 | 25°C 1999 | 48% |
| Dec 6 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 1991 | 25°C 1994 | 49% |
| Dec 7 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 1991 | 25°C 1999 | 50% |
| Dec 8 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2008 | 24°C 2000 | 50% |
| Dec 9 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2001 | 25°C 2000 | 50% |
| Dec 10 | 28°C | 26°C | 29°C 2005 | 25°C 2000 | 50% |
| Dec 11 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2001 | 24°C 1999 | 51% |
| Dec 12 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2001 | 24°C 1999 | 52% |
| Dec 13 | 28°C | 26°C | 31°C 2014 | 24°C 1999 | 52% |
| Dec 14 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2008 | 25°C 1993 | 53% |
| Dec 15 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 1991 | 24°C 2008 | 54% |
| Dec 16 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2018 | 25°C 2006 | 55% |
| Dec 17 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 2018 | 25°C 1993 | 55% |
| Dec 18 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 1995 | 25°C 1993 | 55% |
| Dec 19 | 28°C | 27°C | 32°C 1995 | 25°C 1994 | 56% |
| Dec 20 | 28°C | 27°C | 33°C 1995 | 25°C 1994 | 58% |
| Dec 21 | 28°C | 27°C | 32°C 1995 | 25°C 1994 | 58% |
| Dec 22 | 28°C | 27°C | 32°C 1995 | 25°C 1999 | 59% |
| Dec 23 | 28°C | 27°C | 32°C 1995 | 25°C 1999 | 60% |
| Dec 24 | 28°C | 27°C | 32°C 1995 | 25°C 1999 | 61% |
| Dec 25 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2001 | 25°C 2019 | 62% |
| Dec 26 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2001 | 25°C 1992 | 63% |
| Dec 27 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 2001 | 26°C 2013 | 64% |
| Dec 28 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 2001 | 25°C 2006 | 66% |
| Dec 29 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2001 | 25°C 2011 | 67% |
| Dec 30 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2001 | 26°C 2020 | 67% |
| Dec 31 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2001 | 26°C 2013 | 67% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- December 1
- sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 5:46 AM, sunset 6:53 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.